Mechanical Integration of Plant Cells and Plants

By Przemysław Wojtaszek

Book Overview

Introduction: Tensegral World of Plants.- Micromechanics of Cell Walls.- Mechanics of the Cytoskeleton.- Intracellular Movement. Integration at the Cellular Level as Reflected in the Organization of Organelle Movements.- Generating a Cellular Protuberance. Mechanics of Tip Growth.- Mechanics of the Meristems.- Mechanical Force Responses of Plant Cells and Plants.- Mechanical Aspects of Gravity-Controlled Growth, Development and Morphogenesis.- Osmosensing.- Plants as Mechano-Osmotic Transducers.- Integrative Mechanobiology of Growth and Architectural Development in Fluctuating Mechanical Environments.- Hydraulics of Vascular Water Transport.- MicroRNAs and Mechanical Stress.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3642269028
• ISBN13: 9783642269028
• Release Date: August 2013
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 9.1" x 6.1"